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Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 21, 2018 in an interview:

Says Donald Trump's executive order "doesn't address the over 2,000 children who are already separated from their parents, and it doesn't change the fact that we would be jailing children with their families."

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By Tom Kertscher • June 22, 2018

Bob Donovan
stated on May 23, 2018 in a news release:

"Since 2015, the City of Milwaukee has spent more than $22 million on settlements with litigants accusing police of misconduct."

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By Tom Kertscher • May 24, 2018

Rebecca Dallet
stated on March 19, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says Michael Screnock "let a child predator walk without time and let a rapist who preyed on an underage girl go free after only an eight-month sentence."

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By Tom Kertscher • March 23, 2018

Giffords
stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad:

"Gov. Rick Scott made it illegal for a doctor to ask a patient if they owned a gun, even a mental health professional. This law was so dangerous that a court had to strike it down."

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By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2018

Julián Castro
stated on October 29, 2017 in a conference call reported in a PJ Media web post:

Says a "recent analysis" showed that 91 percent of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are employed, in school or serving in the military.

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By Jasper Scherer • January 10, 2018

Truth Examiner
stated on November 2, 2017 in a headline:

"New Jersey police chief says black people ‘have no value’ and should all be executed."

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By Amy Sherman • December 14, 2017

Eric Greitens
stated on August 13, 2017 in a Facebook live video:

"Seventy-three percent of our veterans are graduating from drug courts. By contrast, I think most of the people in the very good drug court program — the graduation rate’s like 53, 55 percent. The point of that is that drug courts are working for veterans."

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By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • October 21, 2017

Colin Jost
stated on October 7, 2017 in a Weekend Update report on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live":

"There is a real law in Texas that says it’s illegal to own more than six dildos."

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By W. Gardner Selby • October 13, 2017

James Peterson
stated on June 23, 2017 in a ruling from the bench:

"Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive confinement than the youth at Lincoln Hills."

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By Alan Hovorka • August 18, 2017

Gwen Moore
stated on June 29, 2017 in a speech:

Says Dontre Hamilton "was shot 14 times by police for resting on a park bench in Milwaukee."

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By Tom Kertscher • August 1, 2017

James Risch
stated on May 15, 2017 in remarks to reporters:

"The minute the president speaks about it to someone, he has the ability to declassify anything at any time without any process."

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By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2017

Charlie Geren
stated on April 11, 2017 in a letter to WFAA-TV in Dallas:

Says Texas House rules authorized by the Texas Constitution supersede the state law permitting anyone to record a public government meeting.

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By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2017

Randolph Bracy
stated on April 4, 2017 in in a New York Times op-ed:

"African-Americans are grossly overrepresented on Florida’s death row."

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By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2017

Florida Immigrant Coalition
stated on March 27, 2017 in a Florida House subcommittee hearing:

"As an undocumented immigrant, you do have constitutional rights here in the United States."

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By Amy Sherman • March 29, 2017

Dave Hansen
stated on March 5, 2017 in an interview:

Wisconsin is "the most -- if not Number 1, number 2 -- gerrymandered state in the country" for state legislative boundaries.

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By Tom Kertscher • March 17, 2017

Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops
stated on March 15, 2017 in a Florida House subcommittee hearing:

"Unlawful presence (in the United States) is not a crime."

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By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on March 3, 2017 in an interview:

"The son-in-law of the president met with Russian officials at the Trump Tower after having them come in the back door."

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By Tom Kertscher • March 8, 2017

Steve Adler
stated on February 14, 2017 in an open letter to Austin residents:

"Local authorities in 43 states refused to honor more than 16,000 detainer requests from ICE from October 2013 to December 2015. Only in Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Vermont and Wyoming did local officials honor all requests, and detainers are relatively rare in those states."

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By W. Gardner Selby • February 23, 2017

Ted Cruz
stated on November 27, 2016 in an interview on ABC's This Week:

"In 2015 roughly 10,000 political arrests occurred in Cuba. That is five times as many as occurred in 2010, when there were only about 2,000."

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By Amy Sherman • November 29, 2016

Lena Taylor
stated on October 13, 2016 in an opinion column:

"Slavery is still allowable under Wisconsin law as long as it’s a punishment for a crime."

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By Tom Kertscher • November 25, 2016

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